https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 21 Jun 2026 21:33:00 +0000 Sat, 03 Sep 2016 09:24:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3363 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3363&PID=16450&title=question-regarding-e3v5ws#16450 Author: parsec
Subject: 3363
Posted: 03 Sep 2016 at 9:24am

gregm9999 wrote: Hi. wanted to get a E3V5-WS motherboard to run a freenas server. So i can save the pcie x16 slots for hba cards for extra sata ports. can i use a pcie x1 video card in 1 of the pcie x1 slots on this motherboard? as in will it boot up as normal? i am fully aware of the reduced bandwidth to the video card but this is a non issue for me.. or do you have no choice but to use 1 of the pcie x16 slots for a video card?

The PCIe 3.0 x1 slots on this board use PCIe 3.0 lanes provided by the C232 chipset.

The PCIe 3.0 x16 slots use the PCIe 3.0 lanes provided by the CPU.

So cards in the PCIe x1 slots will not use any of the 16 PCIe lanes from the CPU.

If you have a video card that will run using one PCIe 3.0 lane, it should work. I have never done that myself.
]]> Sat, 03 Sep 2016 09:24:51 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3363&PID=16450&title=question-regarding-e3v5ws#16450 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3363&PID=16443&title=question-regarding-e3v5ws#16443 Author: ArvUK
Subject: 3363
Posted: 03 Sep 2016 at 4:31am

No reason why not.]]> Sat, 03 Sep 2016 04:31:40 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3363&PID=16443&title=question-regarding-e3v5ws#16443 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3363&PID=16436&title=question-regarding-e3v5ws#16436 Author: gregm9999
Subject: 3363
Posted: 02 Sep 2016 at 11:45pm

Hi. wanted to get a E3V5-WS motherboard to run a freenas server.
So i can save the pcie x16 slots for hba cards for extra sata ports. can i use a pcie x1 video card in 1 of the pcie x1 slots on this motherboard? as in will it boot up as normal?

i am fully aware of the reduced bandwidth to the video card but this is a non issue for me..

or do you have no choice but to use 1 of the pcie x16 slots for a video card?]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2016 23:45:07 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3363&PID=16436&title=question-regarding-e3v5ws#16436